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• Stroud Center for Study of Quality of Life/Columbia Center for the Active Life of Minority Elders (CALME)
  
  Rafael Lantigua, M.D., Director
  Nelson Peralta, M.D., Administrator
  
  New York-Presbyterian Hospital
  Vanderbilt Clinic Building
  622 West 168th Street
  2nd Floor, Room 205
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-305-6262
  Fax: 212-305-6279
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
  The Columbia Center for the Active Life of Minority Elders (CALME) provides minority researchers with mechanisms to enhance ties with leaders in the surrounding community and experts in the field of aging. CALME is a National Institute on Aging funded Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) where statisticians, methodologists and experts in the field of aging share expertise with minority researchers. The Center's main goal is to provide opportunity, support, and guidance in the field of aging and to demonstrate pathways to bridge existing gaps in health status and care between minority and majority aging populations. Each year as a way of encouraging minority investigators, the Center presents four pilot grant awards to qualified minority investigators. Applications for pilot study awards are publicized through the Center's newsletter and web page. The Center works closely with community leaders in the field of aging and presents research findings and health education to the community. The Center is composed of an External Advisory Board and a Community Advisory Board.